Use by dates....how far do you go?
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Use by dates....how far do you go?
I'm currently eating cereal for brunch, and using milk dated 21st June.
It was opened a few weeks back and still pases the look/sniff/taste test.
Its a large bottle and I'm only halfway through (don't have milk in my tea/coffee and very little on cereal as I found it gives me rebound indigestion), so I'm wondering how long I can make it last.
What's the oldest food in your fridge?
It was opened a few weeks back and still pases the look/sniff/taste test.
Its a large bottle and I'm only halfway through (don't have milk in my tea/coffee and very little on cereal as I found it gives me rebound indigestion), so I'm wondering how long I can make it last.
What's the oldest food in your fridge?
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Honey does go a bit gunky/crystalised though.
Had some on some ice cream over the weekend that looked like it had seen better days. Best before was 2009 IIRC
Tasted OK though
Also found some vintage red sauce. Tasted ok, apart from it looked more like brown sauce :0
Had some on some ice cream over the weekend that looked like it had seen better days. Best before was 2009 IIRC
Tasted OK though
Also found some vintage red sauce. Tasted ok, apart from it looked more like brown sauce :0
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My dad opened an old tin containing a Mackeson cake which he reckoned was about 40 years old. We ate it and it tasted fine.
I also dug up an old Corona lemonade bottle with a ceramic/rubber closure. It was full of couldy lemonade and as we opened the bottle you could hear the fizz being released.
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I also dug up an old Corona lemonade bottle with a ceramic/rubber closure. It was full of couldy lemonade and as we opened the bottle you could hear the fizz being released.
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Most of the time, tins etc. are fine. Anything fresh is a bit different, but I often use tomatoes and salad stuff past its date. I think the supermarkets are too fussy. I freeze most meat, so that's not a problem. My mum doesn't put anything opened in the fridge, just in the cupboard which makes her stuff a bit more suspect. She was feeding my daughter ketchup which was a year out of date and not in the fridge either Didn't do her much harm, but I would have chucked it!
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Most weeks we cook a joint of ham coateded with either sweet chillie, mustard or honey. When cold I slice it up and vac pack it which will then last about 10 days in the fridge.
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We feed the dog raw meet and they love it after a day out in the heat stinks to **** but it really messes with my 'sniff' test on our foods. normally i bin anything the day after the date on it. But we only every buy what we are gonna eat that week so very little is wasted.
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It's only a guideline for when the manufacturor feels it's past it's best. They are just covering their backs.
If it looks ok, and tastes ok, then it's probably ok
To be honest, not much goes past it's use by date in this house, but when it does, it has a full assessment to see if it's ok.
Dry cheese, ok mouldy cheese not ok.
Apply that to most things and you will do fine.
Even soggy biscuites are nice when crumbled in to ice cream with a bit of choccy sauce
If it looks ok, and tastes ok, then it's probably ok
To be honest, not much goes past it's use by date in this house, but when it does, it has a full assessment to see if it's ok.
Dry cheese, ok mouldy cheese not ok.
Apply that to most things and you will do fine.
Even soggy biscuites are nice when crumbled in to ice cream with a bit of choccy sauce
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We feed the dog raw meet and they love it after a day out in the heat stinks to **** but it really messes with my 'sniff' test on our foods. normally i bin anything the day after the date on it. But we only every buy what we are gonna eat that week so very little is wasted.
Since I started planning the meals before I go shopping, we have very little waste. And it's much easier to cook meals than throwing all the stuff we eat in the frilly and hope it makes a meal every night.
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Milk/yoghurt - sniff test
Cheese (Cheddar, etc.) - remove enough mould/cheese until sniff test passed.
Raw meat - sniff test regardless of use by date, especially chicken
Anything with its own ecosystem - chuck it except for cheese
What's the concensus on use by dates for bottled beer? Got some 4 yr old Singha in the fridge.
Cheese (Cheddar, etc.) - remove enough mould/cheese until sniff test passed.
Raw meat - sniff test regardless of use by date, especially chicken
Anything with its own ecosystem - chuck it except for cheese
What's the concensus on use by dates for bottled beer? Got some 4 yr old Singha in the fridge.
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